The Laramie Project
Written by Moisés Kaufman and the members of the Tectonic Theatre Project
Directed by JP Quirk
Audition Dates:
Sunday - July 7th, 2024 - 7pm
Monday - July 8th, 2024 - 7pm
*If you cannot attend auditions, please contact the theatre at info@albrighttheatre.com to discuss arrangements.
Auditions will be held at the theatre, located at:
100 N. Island Ave
3rd Floor
Batavia, IL 60510
(Entry is the main doorway across from the parking lot directly in front of the building)
This is an open call audition consisting of cold readings from the script. NO audition appointment is necessary. No monologue required.
In October 1998 in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming, Matthew Shepard, a 21 year old student at the University of Wyoming, was tied to a fence post, severely beaten, robbed, tortured, and left, alone, to die. His body -- battered, bloody, barely clinging to life -- was discovered eighteen hours later. He was rushed to the hospital and put on life support. He died five days later. The reason for this brutal crime? Matthew Shepard was gay.
The hate crime attracted vast attention worldwide, bringing sexual discrimination and violence to the forefront of public discourse. The Tectonic Theater Project, led by their founder Moisés Kaufman, traveled to Laramie in the aftermath of the murder with the intent of creating a theatrical portrait of a town coming to grips with horrible, hate-fueled violence. Over the course of a year and a half, the group interviewed over 200 subjects, some directly related to the case and some regular citizens of Laramie. Out of these interviews, journal entries, and found texts, The Laramie Project was born. Hailed as one of the most captivating and encompassing pieces of contemporary theatre, the play shocks, challenges, and moves all who watch it as it reveals the lowest depths of hatred and greatest heights of compassion that lies within all human beings in any seemingly average community.
Performance Dates & Times:
August 16th - 7:30pm (Friday)
August 17th - 7:30pm (Saturday)
August 24th - 7:30pm (Saturday)
August 25th - 2:30pm (Sunday)
August 30th - 7:30pm (Friday)
August 31st - 7:30pm (Saturday)
All roles are available - there has been NO precasting of roles.
People of all races and genders are urged to audition!!
TYPICALLY, there are 8 roles (4M, 4F) in the show, with each role playing multiple characters. All roles can be portrayed by an actor of any race, ethnicity, gender identity, ability, or age. There is a very strong chance that more actors will be cast to play the over 60 roles.
ALL actors will be required to use props, minimal costume elements and stage movement, accents, and acting techniques to portray multiple characters. All characters in the show are listed below but the directors reserve the right to modify the list of characters portrayed by each actor cast.
